MIREADME.txt explains the layout of MI.csv (csv signifies a comma separated
variable file).

Use and Attribution: All data are free and may be distributed as long as no charge is imposed and
this readme file is included with the data.  If you use the data, please include this citation: David
Lublin and D. Stephen Voss. 2001.  "Federal Elections Project." American University,
Washington, DC and the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.  We would greatly appreciate it
if you would mail us hard copies of any paper written utilizing these data sets. You can send
copies to: David Lublin, Department of Government, School of Public Affairs, American
University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20016. 

Funding for the Federal Elections Project was provided by the Political Science Program of the
Division of Social and Economic Sciences of the National Science Foundation (Award
#99-85999).

Case identification:
CID is a case identification number used by the Federal Elections Project.

Geographical identification:
STFIPS is the State FIPS Code (26 for Michigan).
CTYFIPS is the County FIPS Code.
CTYNAME is the county name.
CTYNUM is an identification number for the county.
CITYTOWN is a code of numeric characters identifying the precinct location.
WARD and PRECINCT together (almost always) form a unique code of alphanumeric characters (PRECINCT>=900 means absentee).
SOURCE identifies unique precincts in congressional district 11.
CD is the congressional district number (1-13).


Votes for US President:
GORE is votes for Al Gore (Democrat).	
BUCHANAN is votes for Pat Buchanan (Reform).
BUSH is votes for George W. Bush (Republican).	
PHILLIPS is votes for Howard Phillips (Constitution).	
NADER is votes for Ralph Nader (Green).	
BROWNE is votes for Harry Browne (Libertarian).	
HAGELIN is votes for John Hagelin (Natural Law).

Votes for U.S. Senate:
SENGRN is votes for Matthew R. Abel (Green).
SENNL  is votes for William Quarton (Natural Law).
SENUST is votes for John Mangoloulos (Constitution).		
SENRFP is votes for Mark A. Forton (Reform).
SENLIB is votes for Michael R. Corliss (Libertarian).
SENREP is votes for Spence Abraham (Republican).
SENDEM is votes for Debbie Stabenow (Democrat).

Votes for U.S. House:

CONGDEM is total votes for the Democratic candidate.
	Bart Stupak in District 1.
	Bob Shrauger in District 2.
	Timothy W. Steele in District 3.
	Lawrence D. Hollenbeck in District 4.
	James A. Barcia in District 5.
	James Bupp in District 6.
	Jennie Crittendon in District 7.
	Dianne Byrum in District 8.
	Dale Kildee in District 9.
	David E. Bonior in District 10.
	Matthew Frumin in District 11.
	Sander Levin in District 12.
	Lynn Nancy Rivers in District 13.
	John Conyers, Jr in District 14.
	Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick in District 15.
	John D. Dingell in District 16.

CONGREP is total votes for the Republican candidate.
	Chuck Yob in District 1.
	Peter Hoekstra in District 2.
	Vernon Ehlers in District 3.
	Dave Camp in District 4.
	Ronald G. Actis in District 5.
	Fred Upton in District 6.
	Nick Smith in District 7.
	Mike Rogers in District 8.
	Grant Garrett in District 9.
	Tom Turner in District 10.
	Joe Knollenberg in District 11.
	Bart Baron in District 12.
	Carl F. Berry in District 13.
	William A. Ashe in District 14.
	Chrysanthea D. Boyd-Fields in District 15.
	William Morse in District 16.

CONGNL is total votes for the Natural Law candidate.
	Wendy Conway is District 1.
	Susan J. Goldberg in District 2.
	Jerry Berta in District 3.
	Stuart J. Goldberg in District 4.
	Brian D. Ellison in District 5.
	Gail Anne Petrosoff in District 7.
	Patricia Allen in District 8.
	Alaya Bouche' (Formerly: Kitty Harlow) in District 9.
	Bonnie Hixson in District 11.
	Fred D. Rosenberg in District 12.
	David Arndt in District 13.
	Richard R. Miller in District 14.
	Gregory Frank Smith in District 15.
	N. Fouad Hamze in District 16.

CONGLIB is total votes for the Libertarian candidate.
	John W.H.C. Loosemore in District 1.
	Bruce A. Smith in District 2.
	Erwin J. Haas in District 3.
	Richard Whitelock in District 4.
	Clint Foster in District 5.
	William Bradley in District 6.
	Robert Broda, Jr. in District 7.
	James Parry Eyster in District 8.
	Laurie M. Martin in District 9.
	R. Friend in District 10.
	Dick Gach in District 11.
	Andrew Le Cureaux in District 12.
	Karin R. Corliss in District 13.
	Constance J. Catalfio in District 14.
	Raymond H. Warner in District 15.
	Edward Andrew Hlavac in District 16.

CONGUST is total votes for the Constitution party candidate.
	Ronald E. Graeser in District 2.
	Tom Grego in District 3.
	John Emerick in District 4.
	C. Dennis James in District 6.
	Steve Cousino in District 7.
	Francisco R. Gualdoni in District 8.
	Terry R. Haines in District 9.
	Joseph M. Pilchak in District 10.
	Daniel E. Malone in District 11.
	Harold H. Dunn in District 13.
	Robert L. Thomas in District 15.
	Ken Larkin in District 16.

CONGRFP is total votes for the Reform party candidate.
	Kenneth L. Lowndes in District 3.
	Richard M. Overton in District 6.
	Perry Spencer in District 7.
	Joseph Andrew Ditzhazy, Jr. in District 11.

CONGOTH is total votes for the remaining candidates, either Green party or a write-in candidate.
	Write-in and Green party votes never appear in the same district.  The Greens are:
	Alan Gamble in District 4.
	Bonnie Bucqueroux in District 8.
	Marilyn MacDermaid in District 11.
	Thomas Ness in District 12.
